Technical Team

Lyle Kantrovich
CUA
Project Director, Course Instructor

Job at HFI

• Listening
• Asking good questions
• Facilitating
• Leading teams
• Empathizing
• Designing usable solutions
• Educating others about UCD

Experience

Over 10 years of experience consulting and leading design teams. Lyle is recognized by many as a web design expert, with extensive experience in Internet, intranet, extranet and corporate portal design, and he's also well-versed in GUI and handheld interfaces. He's a skilled facilitator who enjoys leading workshops and helping teams organize and operate in an efficient manner. He's done enough technical work in the past to be able to recommend solutions that are pragmatic and workable from a technology perspective, but will vehemently deny any ability to hack PERL code, use the scary, but powerful UNIX command line or code HTML using the vi editor. Lyle has led teams for small start-ups, and for massive multinational corporations; he enjoys the unique challenges each new project presents.

Education

B.S. in Management Information Systems, North Dakota State University, 1995

Board of Directors, Usability Professionals' Association, 2006-2008

President, Usability Professionals' Association, Minnesota Chapter, 2004-2005

Member of UPA, SIG-CHI and the Interaction Design Association

Areas of Interest and Design Orientation

Web application design
Design for handheld and mobile devices
Innovation
Participatory design
Information architecture
New product development

Hobbies and Special Interests

Camping, fishing, canoeing, and enjoying the outdoors

Listening to Blues music

Playing games with his kids

Favorite Story to Tell

The story about the time he chased a bear with a canoe paddle fascinates people.

Least Favorite Experiences

Chasing a bear with a canoe paddle, riding out the big "blow down storm" in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and doing both of those on his two-year-old daughter's first camping trip.

Character

Pragmatic, honest, and hard working, yet likes to bring fun and a little humor to his projects.

Technical Team